"antidictionary" meaning in English

See antidictionary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /æntɪˈdɪkʃ(ə)nəɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æntɪˈdɪkʃənɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æntiˈdɪkʃəˌnɛɹi/ [General-American], /-taɪ-/ [General-American], [-ɾi-] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-antidictionary.wav [Southern-England], En-us-antidictionary.oga [General-American] Forms: antidictionaries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkʃənɛəɹi Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dictiō Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin -ārium ▲ Latin dictiō ▲ Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin dictiōnārius? Medieval Latin dictiōnāriumlbor. Middle English dixionare English dictionary English antidictionary From anti- (“opposite of, reverse”, prefix) + dictionary. 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Head templates: {{en-noun}} antidictionary (plural antidictionaries)
  1. (computational linguistics) The set of all words of minimal length that never appear in a particular string. Translations (set of all words of minimal length that never appear in a particular string): antidictionnaire [feminine] (French), antidicionário [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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